COVID-19'un Dili: Ölümcül, Korkutucu, Silahlar: Fenomenolojik Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to reveal nursing students' perceptions of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) through metaphors. Material and Methods: One of the qualitative research approaches, phenomenology is used in this research. This research was conducted with nursing students who are studying at the health sciences faculty of a university between the dates of February 26 to March 26 2021. A questionnaire was prepared to reveal the mental images of 161 nursing students who accepted to participate in the research about the concept of COVID-19. The students were asked to complete the statement of 'COVID-19 is like ... because ...'. In the process of analysis and interpretation of the data, coding and sorting out metaphors, creating a theme, ensuring validity and reliability, and quantitative data analysis were performed, respectively. Results: Nursing students produced 73 valid metaphors about COVID-19. Metaphors produced by nursing students are generally divided into 7 themes. These themes are; It is listed as 'deadly, divisive, war tool, frightening, punishing, offensive, sticky and contagious'. Conclusion: Nursing students perceive COVID-19 as a death machine. The fact that the participants compared COVID-19 to monsters in fairy tales, horror movies and an enemy lurking in ambush is an indication of how much they feared COVID-19. It is predicted that planning for the development of effective coping processes in the curriculum of nursing students, who are health professionals of the future, will increase the quality of the care provided.